Collaret-strip.



G. W. EBERLEY.

COLLARET STRIP.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6. I9I2- Patented Feb. 6, 1917.

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pnrrnn srans narnrrr onnron GEORGE W. EBERLEY, OF WHITESBOEO, NEW YORK,ASSIGNOR 5J0 UNION SPECIAL MACHINE COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ACORPORATION 0L5 ILLINOIS.

COLLABET-STRIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. ti, 191?.

Application filed. November 6, 1912. Serial No. 729,836.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. EBERLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at hitesboro, in the county of Oneida, State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Collaret-Strips, ofwhich the following is a description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing and to the figures of reference marked thereon.

The invention relates to new and useful improvements in fabric strips,and more particularly to a fabric strip comprising a series of connectedshaped blanks, each of which may be used for the forming of a collaretfor a garment.

- An object of the invention is to provide -a strip of fabric which maybe properly shaped so that said strip may be fed to a sewing machine andone collaret after another cut therefrom, which collaret blank is soshaped as to form the desired shape of the collaret.

In the drawings, which show by way of illustration one embodiment of theinvention,

Figure 1 is a plan view of a piled fabric showing my improved collaretstrip and one method of making the same;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a collaret strip embodying my improvements; I

Fig. 3 is an end view of the piled fabric shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved collaret strip showing thesame folded in the manner in which the same is attached to a garment.

The article embodying my invention consists generally of a strip offabric which comprises a series of connected blanks, each of which isshaped so that they may be severed from each other and form a part of acompleted garment.

Referring in detail to the drawings, my improved collaret strip consistsof a series of connected blanks 1, 2, and 3, as shown in Fig. 2. It willbe understood that this figure shows only a portion of the strip, andthat any number of blanks may be formed and connected, within, ofcourse, certain limits. Each blank consists of a portion havingsubstantially straight parallel side edges 4 and 5. The side edges ofthe blank 2 are tapered or curved, as at 6 and 7 so as to form a portionwhich gradually decreases in width to the end of the blank. The end ofthe blank is indicated by the dotted line 8. The opposite end of theblank is indicated by the dotted line 9. The side edges i and 5 are alsotapered or curved as at 10 and 11 to form an end section, whichdecreases in width to the end thereof, indicated at 9. The blank 1 isshaped precisely in the same manner as the blank 2, and one end of theblank is indicated by the dotted line 8. The blank 3 is also shapedprecisely the same as the blank 2 and one end thereof is indicated bythe dotted line 9.

From the above description it will be apparent that l have provided aseries of connected blanks which are shaped so as to provide parallelside sections and end portions which taper toward the connecting pointsof the blanks.

In the drawings I have shown one method of forming my improved fabricstrip, which consists in piling a fabric F by laying the same back andforth so as to form folds therein, first at one side of the pile andthen the other. These folds are indicated at 12 and 13 in Fig. 3 of thedrawings. The piled fabric is then presented to a die which is shaped asindicated partly by the full lines and partly by the dotted line inFig. 1. The side edges li and 15 of the die are parallel, while thecenter portion of the die is formed with shaped sections 16 and 17 whichcorrespond to the shape of the adj oining tapered ends of the connectedblanks, so that when said pile of fabric is cut by the die, theconnected blanks shown in Fig. 2 will be formed by a single operation ofthe die. It will be apparent that one half of each collaret blank is cutfrom one layer of the fabric and the other half from the next adjacentlayer, so that each collaret blank, as it is cut from the piled fabric,will have a fold therein, indicated by the dotted line wm. This fold inthe piled fabric forms a crease in the collaret blank, which iscentrally between the ends of the blank. This crease marks the center ofthe blank and aids the operator in attaching the collaret blank to thegarment, as the blank should be attached to the garment so that thecrease or center part of the blank will coincide with the center of theback of the garment. When it is desired to make a larger collaret blank,the fabric is piled, as indicated in dotted line in Fig. 3, and thisincreases the length of the, section having straight or parallel side edes without in any way changing the tapered end section thereof.

The collaret strip is folded longitudinally between its side edges, asindicated in Fig. 4. The strip may be fed to the sewing machine folded,or may be fed to the stitching laret blanks to the garments, they arefinally severed 011 the lines indicated at 8 and 9. This shaping of thecollaret blank forms a shaped collaret wherein the ends thereof aretapered substantially to a point.

It is obvious that my improved collaret strip may be made in other waysthan that herein described. For example, said strip may be formed from aroll of fabric by cutting the same by the aid of revolving cutters,which are either shaped or moved so as to form the desired shaping ofthe strip. It is understood, therefore, that the present invention whichis directed to the fabric strip as an article of manufacture is notlimited to the method of constructing the same herein described.

l/Vhile Ihave described my invention as particularly relating to aconnected series of collaret blanks, it will also be obvious that fromcertain aspects, the invention may be embodied in a connected series ofshaped blanks which are to be used for other purposes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A fabric strip comprising a series of connected blanks cut to apredetermined shape. 7 2. A collaret strip comprising a series 0connected blanks cut to a predetermined shape, each of which may ing acollaret.

3. A collaret strip comprising a series of connected blanks, each ofwhich is cut so as to form parallel side sections and end porbe used forformtions tapering toward the connecting points between adjacent blanks.

4. A collaret strip comprising a series of connected blanks cut to apredetermined shape, each of which is formed with a crease therein,centrally between the ends of the blank.

5. A collaret strip comprising a series of connected blanks, each ofwhich is cut so as to form parallel side sections and end portionstapered toward the connecting points between adjacent blanks, each ofsaid blanks having a crease therein, centrally between the ends thereof.

6. A collaret strip comprising a series of connected blanks cut to apredetermined shape, each of which may be used for forming, a collaret,said blanks being folded,

longitudinally between the side edges thereof. 1

7. A collaret strip comprising a series of connected blanks, each ofwhich is cut so as to form parallel side sections and end portionstapered toward the connecting points between adjacent blanks, each ofsaid blanks being folded longitudinally between the side edgesthereof.

In testimony whereof, I afliX my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE W. EBERLEY.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH BERGER, Jr., CHAS. B. Mason.

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